Start point: Colthouse (SD 360 988)
Latterbarrow (OF) from Colthouse
Distance: 1.5 miles Total Ascent: 143 metres Time Taken: 30 minutes Start Time: 11:35
Weather: Overcast, relatively warm. 9ºC
On this, the shortest day of the year, it was surprisingly mild at a heady 9C. Normally we would be in the depths of winter and have a bit of snow around. Of course it is still there on the higher tops, it was just that I couldn’t see it today. There were some interesting conditions to be observed from lowly Latterbarrow though with the low lying mist hanging in the valleys and across Windermere.
Latterbarrow route map.
This view across Windermere from Hammar Bank caught my eye, the only clear place I had seen all morning...looks like a good bet for a walk across there today...
Looking across Outgate to Black Fell.
The obelisk atop Latterbarrow.
Low lying mist all around, here looking towards Loughrigg.
A wider, panoramic view.
Casper gets in a spin.
It's other worldly down there.
Looking across Windermere to Wansfell, Low Wood Hotel prominent across the mere.
Snakes in the grass - Casper looks at Dougal who is caught in the crosshairs.
Misty trees.
A wider view.
Blelham Tarn below from the descent.
Working out the best way down.
The view to the south from the ferry across Windermere, heading back to Bowness.